He said it took three years of negotiations, letter writing and protests by hundreds of workers to press Catholic Healthcare into agreeing to the election agreement.
It settles the discussion about post-election agreements – the Liberal Democrats cannot conceivably prop up this lot after May 2015, and nor will anyone else.
The Labour leader repeated his pledge that there would be no coalition with the SNP but refused to rule out any other possible post-election agreements.
But the rapid post-election agreement among the parliament's major political groups to support Juncker caught Cameron off guard.
Civil servants will for the first time help Britain's political parties to stitch together a post-election agreement if the general election results in a hung parliament.
Wedenesday night, I went to sleep with the news that Hamas and Fatah had signed a make-up-and-have-elections agreement; Thursday morning, I awoke to news that the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Nabil El Araby, is going to visit Gaza and Ramallah next week.
I was living in Baghdad at the time, and when the pictures were broadcast of him… Wedenesday night, I went to sleep with the news that Hamas and Fatah had signed a make-up-and-have-elections agreement; Thursday morning, I awoke to news that… Moving through Cairo, I am constantly bumping into demonstrations outside Arab embassies in support of protesters.
The report's authors call for a pre-election agreement to place a cap on overall numbers at around 550 and to agree a new formula – based on election vote share – under which the size of the upper house will be managed downwards over coming parliaments.
By Wendell Steavenson April 28, 2011 Wedenesday night, I went to sleep with the news that Hamas and Fatah had signed a make-up-and-have-elections agreement; Thursday morning, I awoke to news that the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Nabil El Araby, is going to visit Gaza and Ramallah next week.
But a pre-election agreement between Mr Kibaki and Mr Odinga led to a split in the government.
A pre-election agreement between the allies gives the party with the largest number of votes – currently the BYT – the final say over who becomes prime minister.
